Month: January 2015

It has been revealed that more details regarding the upcoming game Pokkén Tournament will be released on January 23rd on NicoNico’s online series Weekly Famitsu Featuring. No further details are known at this time, but we will definitely be keeping an active eye out for any information that might arise.

Today’s Nintendo Direct revealed a new Pokemon game that will be available for the Nintendo 3DS called Pokemon Shuffle. Similar to Pokemon Battle Trozei, Pokemon Shuffle focuses on shuffling Pokemon tiles and trying to get the tiles of the Pokemon in the same row or column in order to reduce the HP of the Pokemon being displayed on the top screen. More damage is made when taking type advantage into account. It will also be possible to capture, mega evolve, or obtain items to help you through the gameplay.

Pokemon Shuffle will be made available for the 3DS in February 2015 for free, but payments can be made in-game on certain features or items.

In other news, the Pokemon Company has released a short trailer showcasing Hoopa within the Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire games after CoroCoro revealed its official existence a few days back for the new movie.

UPDATE: Nintendo Direct has also revealed a new service with the release of the New Nintendo 3DS in Europe. Nintendo Anime Channel is a service that will be available for those living in Europe and will launch with the new version of the 3DS. North America will only be receiving the New Nintendo 3DS XL. No further details have been made available as to which episodes will be available.

Charizard Amiibo was also showcased on Nintendo Direct. It will be made available in spring for those in North America.

The Shiny Beldum event, which was the first event for the Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire games, will be ending soon (January 14th, 2014) for those in North America, Europe, and Japan.

The Beldum comes in shiny form and is holding the Metagrossite (Mega Stone), allowing it to evolve into Mega evolve once it has evolved into Metagross. The Beldum is at level 5 when received. In addition to holding the item, the shiny Beldum has the ability Clear Body, comes with a Classic Ribbon, and knows the following attacks: Hold Back, Iron Head, Zen Headbutt, and Iron Defense.

CoroCoro has started to leak, confirming the role of Hoopa within the next Pokemon movie titled The Archdjinn of Rings: Hoopa (which was expected). Looking at the picture below, it seems as if Hoopa will play the role of villain against Ash and friends (going off the image), but its intentions in the movie is not known as of this time.

In addition to that, the World Hobby Fair will be taking place in Japan between January 18 and February 8, where a shiny Rayquaza will be distributed at level 70 with Dragon Pulse, Thunder, Twister, and Extreme Speed.

The Nintendo Wii U eshop has just added the GameBoy Advance game, Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire for download (90.9 MB) for those in North America at a price of $7.99.

Europe and Japan saw the release of the classic game on the Wii U Virtual Console back in early December.

The game was originally released back in 2003, providing players the opportunity to play a Pokemon-themed pinball game on their handheld device, allowing them to evolve, capture, and explore various locations within the game.